Puyloubier (; ) is a
commune in the
Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern
France
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In Puyloubier can be found the ''
Institution des invalides de la Légion étrangère'' which is a retirement home for former members of the
French Foreign Legion.
[http://www.legion-boutique.com/]
- http://www.puyloubier.com/
Population
Personalities linked to the commune
*
Servin de Puyloubier,
hermit
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Description
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and
martyr
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, massacred by the
Visigoths
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.
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Jacques Rigaud, designer and engraver, born in Puyloubier on 1 May 1680, died in Paris on 10 August 1754.
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Jean-Baptiste Rigaud, designer and engraver, born in Puyloubier on 17 April 1720, nephew of Jacques Rigaud.
* Rosalie Margalet, mother of the poet
Victor Gélu, costumier, born in Puyloubier on 3 April 1770, died on 7 March 1854.
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Jean Planque, painter and collector of Swiss art, stayed here between 1948 and 1951.
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Francis Méano, international footballer, born in Puyloubier on 22 May 1931, died in a car accident near Reims on 26 June 1953.
* Pierre-Paul Jeanpierre, colonel in the Foreign Légion, killed in combat in 1958 near Guelma (Algeria,) interred in the ''carré des légionnaires'' in Puyloubier cemetery.
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Yvonne Gamy, actress, born Marseille on 10 June 1904, died in Marseille on 10 February 1997, was a longtime resident of Puyloubier.
See also
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Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department
References
Communes of Bouches-du-Rhône
Bouches-du-Rhône communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
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